GE News Issue 12

GE News went to the Star Trek World Premiere in Sydney Australia, where we met the stars of the movie, and spent time on the red carpet and did some great interviews.

Vol 2 Issue 12 2009
Yes , GE News was at
the World Premiere of
Star Trek!!
Star Trek
Special Edition
Exclusive photos, and more much much more!
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Yes, this is the
Golden Ticket!
We got a Golden Ticket.
How exciting do you think it was for us
when we were given the opportunity to go
to the World Premiere of the new Star
Trek move at the Sydney Opera House?
We were very excited and when we found
out that we were on the Red Carpet in the
media bay and would get to interview
some of the stars the next day, wow!!
Red Carpet, lots of it and of
course Marlene standing on it!
Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a picture of her
feet on the red carpet too!!!
Check our the vacuum cleaner
no dirt on it hey!
Sydney Opera
House
TV Shows
presenters
Locky and Mark,
friends from Austrek,
Victoria.
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LIFE IN THE MEDIA BAY!
The Media Bay
Kerri-Anne Kennerley
Rove McManus
Karl Urban
Eric Bana
Zachary Qunito
Chris Pine
John Cho
J.J. Abrams
On the steps just before the movie
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I had a Golden Ticket!!
I (that is Gerri) had a golden ticket! What is a golden ticket I hear you say? Well, it was
a ticket to the World Premier of Star Trek. Now if you know me you would know that I
was just about wetting myself with excitement not only was I going to a movie, but
getting to the World Premier of my most favourite TV show of all time! So excited would
be an understatement! We were lucky enough to be a guest of Paramount who invited
us up to Sydney to attend the movie and to interview the stars as well! Now you can see
why I was “wetting myself”!!
So off I went, booked a plane ticket along with my friend Marlene, who was as lucky as I
was to get a ticket and funnily had the same medical condition! We had a week to regain
control and then it was off to The Opera House. I stayed at Marlene’s the night before to
make sure that I did not miss the plane! So the big day arrives and off we went, pens,
notes, and voice recorders in hand. Singing “We’ve got a golden ticket!” at every
opportunity .
We had to be at the media registration desk by 3.30pm but the red carpet parade would
not start until 5.30pm. With our badges attached we could walk anywhere on the red
carpet. It was an amazing feeling. Taking our position in the media bay with other
publications such as the BBC, Who Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald, and others we
waited with anticipation on who might walk up the red carpet. Even taking pictures of
our feet just to prove that we stood on it!!!! Yes that was a bit pathetic I know. Slowly
the 1500+ guests and public started to climb the carpet, you could see those that
wanted to be known, try to catch the eye of the media but we would have none of that.
It was the stars that we were after! The excitement and anticipation of the crowd and
the media was almost something that you could hold in your hand. Then they started to
arrive, Eric, Zach, Chris, JJ, Karl and John. All coming up the red carpet like you would
see at any big Hollywood red carpet shindig and there was us just, little old Gerri and
Marlene to be in the thick of it all.
The guest moved along slowly and just as they got to us and we got to talk with some of
them, it was time to go in and see the movie and what a movie it is!
YOU WILL LOVE IT!
See next page for a review (no spoilers)
The next day we got to interview them and if you would like to hear more we have
launched our own podcast at www.womentalkscifi.com to download them.
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Star Trek Movie Reviews
(no Spoilers)
Gerri
JJ Abrams has done it!!!!!
As a Trekkie I was a little wary about how a
prequel would work! Would it be a parody or
an attempt to caricature Star Trek - The
Original Series?
Characters such as Kirk and Spock are such
icons of popular culture with such high iconic
status I wondered at the bravery of Abrams,
Orci and Kurtzman in writing, directing and
producing Star Trek! What would they do and
how would they ensure that they did not push
fans away but get new ones onboard?
Watching the movie at the World Premiere
(yes, the World Premiere in Sydney) I have to
say “…boy, did they get it right!”
JJ paid homage to Roddenberry’s vision of the
future whilst taking the franchise in a new and
exciting direction. Trekkies of old had enough
homage paid to the original series with
snippets of character idiosyncrasies to ensure
that you knew that you were watching
Star Trek.
The writers Kurtzman and Orci are Trekkies
and you can tell it. You can see that they loved
those characters and wrote words for them
that shouted Kirk, Spock, Scotty in fact all of
them! Is this a good movie? No. It was a
great movie!!! As I write this review I am so
looking forward to the general release so that
I can go and watch it again. It is a movie that
you need to watch again just so that you can
focus on bits of the scene that you missed.
Roll on the 7th May cus I can’t wait to see it
again and probably again and well then again.
Do you know what I am pondering right now?
When it does come out on DVD shall I buy it as
a single movie or wait until it is released as a
complete movie boxed set? I know what will
happen, I will buy them all single and damn it
I’ll buy the boxed set as well.
This is a must see movie, Trekkie or not put
the date in your calendar, so you don’t miss it!
JJ has done it! He has made Trekkies
cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Eugenia
I didn’t like Insurrection much and even after
a 3rd and 4th viewing my opinion hasn’t
changed. Then along came Nemesis and I
disliked that even more. What had started
out as a idea that had promise ended up a
Picard monologue and a Shinzon navel gazing
session! So when I heard there was going to
be a new movie and that it was going back to
Starfleet Academy days my spirits drooped.
Not only that, it was going to be with a totally
new cast playing characters I knew and
loved. I smelt a hint of disaster in the air.
The other night I sat in a comfortable cinema
seat waiting with anticipation and quite a bit
of excitement as the opening scenes of the
new Star Trek movie began. I had forced
Gerri not to tell me anything about the
storyline of the movie but it was clear from
her excitement that ‘JJ had got it right’.
Within the first 10 minutes all my fears had
dissipated and I buckled up for the ride!!
To say “I loved it” is an understatement!
Words cannot describe how relieved I was
that it is not just a good movie ,it’s a great
movie!! You must see this on a big screen
and I don’t mean a 52” plasma TV screen. I
mean the full big cinema screen, even gold
class!! The special effects in this movie need
to be seen in full cinematic glory.
To the die hard Trekkie you will want to see
this movie more than once to pick up on all
that has been paid to the original series. To
those of you that are not Trekkies (is there
any one out there who is not?) who like a
great story , a few laughs and great action
then this is a movie for you.
By the end it didn’t matter that it wasn’t
Shatner, Takei or even Nichols. This new cast
can proudly take their place in the honoured
halls of actors who have been part of this
beloved franchise.
This is a movie I want to see again and no
doubt will buy on DVD over and over as the
special edition comes out followed by the
extended version followed by the Director’s
cut. Then there is always the Trading Cards.
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Star Trek Premiere Memories
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Interviews with the Stars of Star Trek
Over the next few issues of GE News we will be sharing some of the interviews with you
that we did at the premiere! Some of these are quite long and they may take a while to
put into print! However, GE News has another way to give you access to the interviews
with all the stars that we met We have released our own Podcast called
Women Talk Sci Fi
If you go to the following link www.womentalkscifi.com you will be able to download all
of the interviews, reviews and other little gems of our time in Sydney.
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To see the Star Trek Movie pre-book your
tickets at Hoyts. Follow the link to make
your booking now!
Why not join the Hoyts movie club at
www.hoyts.com.au
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